To Be An Artist You Have To

Generally, I Am Opposed To Painting Which Is Concerned With Conceptions Of Simplicity. Everything Looks Busy To Me.

I Would Like To Have Insights Into Things Like Government, All Those Big Ideas That You Brought Up That I Simply Don't Have Ideas About. I Would Like To Be Able To Since So Many People Discuss Them, But I Don't Want To Work At Them. I Don't Think My Ambition Is That Strong In That Direction.

Art As A Fantasy Has Been One Of My Earliest Experiences. I Suppose A Lot Of My Childhood Was A Fantasy That Involved Getting Away From Things I Didn't Like. Fortunately It Had Some Relationship To Reality So That Later I Was Able To, To Some Extent, Act As I Imagined I Might.

To Do A Drawing For A Painting Most Often Means Doing Something Very Sketchy And Schematic And Then Later Making It Polished.

Whatever I Do Seems Artificial And False, To Me.